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May 30, 2000

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Phone Upstart In China Plans $5 Billion Stock Offering

By Mark Landler

China Unicom Ltd, China's second-largest telecommunications company, announces that it will seek to raise as much as $5.26 billion in initial public offering in Hong Kong and New York; China Unicom was started by government six years ago to challenge state monopoly, China Telecom (M)

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Despite Defeat On China Bill, Labor Is on Rise

By Steven Greenhouse

US labor movement is again powerful political force, despite loss in bruising battle over China trade bill; : provided important political muscle that helped Vice Pres Al Gore lock up Democratic presidential nomination, and is certain to be major force for Democratic Party in fall; has displayed considerable political muscle on Capitol Hill, blocking legislation to grant President fast-track authority to negotiate trade agreements and pushing through higher minimum-wage and Family and Medical Leave Act; white-collar workers are flocking into unions as never before, and much of rebound is attributed to efforts of AFL-CIO president John J Sweeney, who was elected in 1996 on platform of reviving labor after membership and influence slipped steadily for two decades; union membership jumped 265,000 in 1999, by far largest rise since 1970's; photo (M)

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On the Fringe, Always Sure Of a Fervent Following

By Ben Ratliff

Ben Ratliff reviews an evening in Vision Festival of experimental jazz at New Age Cabaret, including performances by DJ Spooky, Matthew Shipp, William Parker's Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra and James Blood Ulmer with his Music Revelation Ensemble; photo (M)

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of May 24, 2000, covering May 30, 2000.

  1. 1
    Album cover for No Strings Attached by *NSYNC

    No Strings Attached

    *NSYNC

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    8
  2. 2
    Album cover for Mission: Impossible 2 by Soundtrack

    Mission: Impossible 2

    Soundtrack

    Last week
    —
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    1
  3. 3
    Album cover for Supernatural by Santana

    Supernatural

    Santana

    Last week
    6
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    48
  4. 4
    Album cover for Unleash The Dragon by Sisqo

    Unleash The Dragon

    Sisqo

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    24
  5. 5
    Album cover for My Name Is Joe by Joe

    My Name Is Joe

    Joe

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    4

Notable Births

Jared S. Gilmore

2000Jared S. Gilmore, American actor[†]

Jared Scott Gilmore is an American actor and Twitch streamer. He is best known for his role in the series Once Upon a Time as Henry Mills.

Notable Deaths

Tex Beneke

2000Tex Beneke, American saxophonist and bandleader (born 1914)[†]

Gordon Lee "Tex" Beneke was an American saxophonist, singer, and bandleader. His career is a history of associations with bandleader Glenn Miller and former musicians and singers who worked with Miller. His band is also associated with the careers of Eydie Gormé, Henry Mancini, and Ronnie Deauville. Beneke also solos on the recording the Glenn Miller Orchestra made of their popular song "In the Mood" and sings on another popular Glenn Miller recording, "Chattanooga Choo Choo". Jazz critic Will Friedwald considers Beneke to be one of the major blues singers who sang with the big bands of the early 1940s.

Historical Context for May 30, 2000

In 2000, the world population was approximately 6,171,702,993 people[†]